This axis collects one instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
AND TO WHOM YOU ARE NOT PROVIDERS
Brief reading
The verse is used to highlight that the divine act has a human counterpart in language, without equality between them.
Axes
- Faith
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Provision: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves the reading of the fine distinctions between the divine attribute and its linguistic representation among humans.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Locations of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 528: He uses it to say that the attributes of the divine act may have a human counterpart, without equating the two.
- Concept: provision
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «And God provides, and the human being provides {وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُ بِرَازِقِينَ}»
Related books
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